A public defender alleges the standalone resisting count violates a promise to curb the discriminatory arrests, while prosecutors say the case fit its exception carveout.
SAN JOSE — Legal fallout over a loud karaoke party in an Evergreen garage last fall has spurred public defenders to claim the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has reneged on a 2020 promise to curb a swath of resisting arrest charges, which by the office’s own admission led to historically discriminatory prosecutions.
Further proof of that notion, according to Deputy Public Defender Karina Alvarez, is how the prosecutor in Le’s case asked a judge to exclude any mention of George Floyd or the “Bend the Arc” reforms at Le’s misdemeanor trial, which was scheduled to start last month.
The prosecutors’ filing suggests that Le was one of the exceptions, to public defenders’ objection. Rosen supported that stance, and asserted that his office has stuck to the substance of his pledge. The law is slowly gaining traction in courts statewide because of disagreement over how it should be applied, but it has fueled some notable wins for defense attorneys, including a Contra Costa County case whereafter finding a prosecutor used racially coded language to unduly influence a jury.
A police report states that Le was given the choice of receiving a citation for disturbing the peace and promising to avoid further noise complaints, or be taken to jail, and he said, “Take me to jail.” Le was booked and held overnight at the Santa Clara County jail.
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